Official UK procurement notice
Patient Communication Engagement Solution EPIC
Authority: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Connect for healthcare Instant Messaging Platform
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConnect for healthcare
Instant Messaging Platform
Multi communication channel reminders
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Buyer regions
- UK, UKI31
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 0.50% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
All NHS and public sector organisations across the United Kingdom.
Published description of the framework
Digital Solutions play a vital role in empowering patients and citizens with greater control over their interactions and care. This framework agreement enhances interactions between citizens and public sector organisations, ensuring patients and citizens receive reminders, alerts, and support. Switching to a more customer-focused approach, including online patient and citizen portals and self-service options, improves patient and citizen pathways and overall experience. It includes a variety of communication channels prioritising digital solutions while ensuring traditional methods such as phone, mail, and SMS are available.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Patient Communication Engagement Solution EPIC
- Signed
- 29 Oct 2026
- Value
- £44,222
- Period
- 31 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Update contact details
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- All NHS and public sector organisations across the United Kingdom.
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:31 GMT
- Authority reference
C486958- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103698- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07957dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 0.50% of call-off value
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2026- Contract details notice published2 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMTUK7
- Contract details notice published2 Nov 2026, 12:31 GMTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Imimobile Europe LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender